get_menus
Fetch navigation menus for the online store
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What get_menus does on Shopify Graphql
AI agents call get_menus to retrieve information from Shopify Graphql without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why get_menus is rated Low
This tool retrieves read-only navigation menu data from the Shopify store. Fetching menus produces no side effects and does not create, modify, delete, execute, or commit financial actions. It is a straightforward data query operation, making it a Read category tool with low severity since menu data is typically non-sensitive configuration information.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_menus' and description states 'Fetch navigation menus for the online store' - clearly a retrieval operation with no modification or execution.
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The rule that runs get_menus safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Shopify Graphql, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_menus, this is the rule to start with:
get_menus is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Shopify Graphql, apply this rule, and every get_menus call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about get_menus
Fetch navigation menus for the online store. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Shopify Graphql MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Shopify Graphql MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_menus: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Shopify Graphql. Nothing to install.
get_menus is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_menus rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_menus. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_menus is provided by the Shopify Graphql MCP server (uvu-store/shopify-graphql-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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